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  Stephy Publishers:    SOJ Pediatrics and Clinical Neonatology (SOJPCN) Abstract Objective: To know the effect of zinc supplementation on weight gain on premature newborns with very low birth weight. Material and Methods: Randomized, blinded clinical trial, assigned to two groups: with zinc supplementation and placebo. Both with milk intake higher than 100ml/kg/day. We evaluated the absolute and relative growth speed, comorbidities, hospital stay and adverse reactions. We used Student´s t-distribution for the comparison of continuous variables, Mann-Whitney U test for nonparametric variables, X2 for categorical variables, and simple regression analysis for absolute and relative growth rate. P<0.05 was considered significant. Results: We studied 56 patients, 28 in each group. The growth speed was higher in the supplemented group from the second week of treatment. The absolute and relative growth rate was 20.23±2.8g/day and 19.63±5.1g/kg/day in the zinc group and 17.13±...